A Nigerian woman must serve more
than seven years in a US prison for her role in a nearly $10 million Medicare
billing scam in Texas.
The 44-year-old former resident of
Port Harcourt, Nigeria, pleaded guilty last September to conspiracy to commit
health care fraud.
Investigators say Yusuf formerly
owned Ivy Health Care Supply in Houston and had been a fugitive since 2011. She
was arrested last June at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston.
Yusuf operated a medical supply
company associated with Aghaegbuna "Ike" Odelugo of Sugar Land, who
ran his business from a cellphone store.
Odelugo pleaded guilty to fraud and
money laundering and in 2012 was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered
to repay $9.9 million.
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